'Robert Twigger is not so much a travel writer as a thrill-seeking
philosopher' EsquireThe Himalayas beckon and we go ... Some to make
real journeys and others to make imaginary ones. These mountains,
home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus, shamans and
animists, to name only a few, are a place of pilgrimage and dreams,
revelation and war, massacre and invasion, but also peace and
unutterable calm.In an exploration of the region's seismic history,
Robert Twigger unravels some of these real and invented journeys
and the unexpected links between them. Following a meandering path
across the Himalayas to its physical end in Nagaland on the
Indian-Burmese border, Twigger encounters incredible stories from a
unique cast of mountaineers and mystics, pundits and prophets. The
result is a sweeping, enthralling and surprising journey through
the history of the world's greatest mountain range.